Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c20.4

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āyakakhambha 126, 231, 280, 282, 285, 288, 299 āyaka 285, 288, 289, 290, 292 āyaka platform 299, 300; —maṇḍa; see mañjūshā; dakhiṇāyaka 285, 288, uttarāyaka 285, 288 āyāma 43 ayasthūṇa, iron column 42, 58, 109 bahirdvārakoshṭhaka 62; see alinda bahirdvāraśālā 63; see alinda bahirāsthānamaṇḍapa 63; see āsthānamaṇḍapa bahut-thambhaka 63 balainḍā (=baladaṇḍa), central beam 44 Barabar caves 92-3 barhaṇa, straw 43 barhirāstaraṇa, layer of straw 43 bath, Great Bath, Indus Valley 19 battlement 66, 73, 84, 131; see kapiśīrshaka besara (=dvyasra), apsidal 171-2, 213 bhārapaṭṭa, entablature 194 bhāratulā 63 bhavanodyāna 85; also grihodyāna 63 bhicha, wall 90, 127 bhitti, wall 67; see pakkha bhittiguliyā 67 bhittipāda, dado 67 bhojana-śālā 204 bhūmi, storey; bhūmika 63, ekabhūmika, dvibhūmika 63, 175, tribhūmika, navabhūmika 63 bichhāvana, layers of straw 43; also aṭakana or phiṭakārī. bodhighara 63, 64, 65, 133 bodhi-maṇḍa 172, 243 bodhi tree 172, 212, 298; bodhidruma, bodhirukkhapāsāda 298 Bodhivihāra, Bodhisaṅghārāma 172 brick 17, 18, 57, 59, 63, 76, 128, 150, 320-3, see *iṣṭakā* manufacture of, 57 brick temples 320-3 brick tower 76 *bṛhat-māna* 42 Buddhist rock-cut architecture 186-215 ; see rock-cut archi. burial mounds, Lauriā Nandangarh 76-7, 206 —square and round, in *Ś B.* 124 capital : Aśokan 97-130, 171 *chakra* 52, 54, 100, 141 animal 19-130, 141, 171, 184, 251; see *saṃghāṭa*.

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*Garuḍa* 141, 251 *makara* 107 Corinthian 245, 274 Doric 274 Ionic 274 so-called bell 99, 105-6 *pūrṇaghaṭa* or *kumbhaka* 68, 99-100, 104, 105-7, 141, 184, 203, 211, 215 Iranian or Persepolitan 105-6, 107, 108 lotus 184 palm 141 cave, defined 187 ; *kubhā, ghara, guhā, śailaguhā, gumphā, leṇa, kīrti, nisīdiyā,* etc. ; *Indraśaila* 76, *Saptaparṇi* 76, Barabar 92-3, Orissa 175-85 ; see Chaitya-hall, *vihāra, kīrti*. Chaitya, *stūpa* or tumulus 119, 187, 208, 212 —tree 119 ; also *chaitya-vriksha, śmaśāna-chaitya* 77 —cave, —hall, —*ghara*, —*maṇḍapa* etc. 186-7, 188, see below —apsidal 171-2, 188, 190, 192-3, 194, 195-215, 278, 279-80, 282, 297 ; see *besara* —circular (*parimaṇḍala*) 203-4, 278-79 —square (*āyata*) 203, 205 —compared to a Hindu temple 188 —*stambha*,--*skambha* 187, 205, 206-7, see *kīrtistambha* —*yūpa* 77, 119 —window 187, 190, 196, 200, 202, 206, 208, 213, 214, see *kīrtimukha* *chakkalikā* 65 *chakradhvaja* 52, 54, 100, 233 *chakravāla* 98 *chaṅkrama*, promenade 174 *chanda*, half rosette 211 Chandragupta Sabhā 86 *chandraśālā*, —*śālikā* 65, 67 *chandraśīla*, moon-stone 288 *chashāla* 52 *chediyasa chhata*, parasol of a *chaitya* 285 ; see *chhatra* *chatuḥ-śāla* 252 (—*toraṇavedikā*), (—*parigahitaṃ sela-maṇṭava*) 297, 298 *chetiya* (=*chaitya*) 124 ; see *mahāchetiya* *chetiyaghara* 298 ;

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see *chaitya-ghara* *chetiyavaṭṭa* (=*chaityāvarta*), paraphernalia round a *stūpa* 124, 302 *chhata*, parasol 285 *chhata* 64, see roof *chhatra*, parasol, *chhatrakamma, chhatrāvali, dhātu-chhatra*, 34, 122, 127, 152, 166, 176, 194, 205, 209, 214, 220, 239, 243, 300, 301, 333 —three, *mānusha, divya* and *vimukti* 300 *chhatrākāra*, umbrella shaped 279 *chheḍā*, door-post 66 *chūḍā*, tenon of upright 127 *chullī*, sidesocket hole 127 city, *nagara, pur, pura*, 17, 19, 47, 58, 61, 66, 75 f., 84-6, 103 city-gates, 67, see *Gopura*; for city-wall, see *pākāra*. City of Hills, Girivraja 75, 76 "College Building" 18 Cyclopean walls, of Girivraja 75 *dama*, house 42 *dāna-śālā* 66, 68 *Devakula*, at Māṭ 28 51 *devagṛiha*, abode of god 6, 42, 63, 64, 103, 233, 252, *devāyatana* 103, *devavimāna-gṛiha* 312, *vimāna*, see below *Devanirmita*, name of Jaina Stūpa at Mathura 217, 220, 230 *devasadana*, seat of god 6, 34, 35, 47, 52, 121; see *harmikā* *dhāma* mame, measuring of house 41 *dharma-chihna*, *yūpa* as, 35, 52 *dharma-stambha*, *yūpa* as, 52 *dharuṇa*, foundation 41 *dhātugarbha* 125, 2 90 *ḍholākāra*, drum shaped 190 *dhūmanetta* 65; see *naina* 44; also *aksha* *dhvaja* 35, 52, 54 62, 100, 122, 233,; *chakra-dhvaja*, *dhvaja-stambha* *dikmaṇḍala*, round drum or abacus 98 *divastambha*, pillar with lamp 285 dockyard, at Lothal 20 door, *dvāra* 17, 19, 42, 58, 60, 66, 84, 103, 187, 211, 213, 285, 298, 303 —*kavāṭa* 65, 67.

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—*aṇidvāra* 67 —*chuḷḷadvāra* 60 —*garbhadvāra* 187, 211, 213 —*gopuradvāra* 19 —*mahādvāra* 60 —*pārśvadvāra* 285, 303 —*uttarapāsaga* 67 —drainage 18 —*dvārakoṣṭha,-ka* 42, 62, 63, 66; see *alinda*. *dussastūpa* 300 *durga-vidhāna* 84 *duroṇa*, house 42 *dvigarbha* 175, 183 *dvyasra*, apsidal 213, see *besara* floor, see *kuṭṭima* foundation, *pṛithivīstambhana*, *bhūmiyā-thirabhāvattha*, 77; 98, 124, 126, 128 *gajapṛiṣṭhākṛiti* 64, 190 *gajasaṃghāta* see *saṃghāta* *gajathara*, moulding with elephant figures 210, see *thara* *garbha*, *gabbha* (lit. "womb"), cell, room 60, 61, 64, 175, 180, 186, 210 —*dvigarbha*, *trigarbha*, *chaturgarbha*, *pañ-chagarbha*, *ekaśataśayana-gabbhā*, *sirigabbha* 64 *garbhagṛiha*, "womb house", cella of a temple 6, 122, 187, 188, 194, 211, 213 *garuḍadhvaja*, at Besnagar 251 *ghara*, cave —*mukha*, facade of a cave 187, 193, 194, 210, 213 — —*pañjara* 193 *giñjaka*, tiles 65 *gomāṇāsiyā* 67 *gomaṭī śālā* 44 *gopānasi* 63, 64, 65 *gopura* 19, 61, 68, 75, 103, 174 *granthi*, knot 43 granary 18, 19, Great Bath 19 Great Stūpa, see *stūpa*, *mahāchetiya* *gṛiha*, house 42 *guhā*, cave 64, 116; see cave *harmikā*, "tee", or "divine mansion" on Stūpa top 6, 34, 35, 47, 52, 122, 127, 279, 280, 289; see *devasadana* *hammiya, harmya*, room in upper storey 63, 64 *haththisālā*, elephant stable 61, 62 *heṭṭitala* 63 *himagṛha*, summer house 67 *hiraṇyastūpa*, golden stūpa 40, 120, 122 house 17 f., 41-45 ;

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see palace —Vedic words for house, *dama, duroṇa, dhāma, harmya, māna, pastyā, sadana, śālā* —architectural details of house building 41-45, pillars 41, 57 —measuring of, *nimita, mita* 43, *dhāma mame* 42 —*śālāpati, vāstoshpati* 44 —*Śālā Sūkta* AV. 9. 3. 1f. 41-5 *ijārā*, dado 63 *Indrakīla*, peg 59 *Indraśailaguhā* 76 *Indrayaṣṭi*, triangle-headed standard 52 ; also *Indradhvaja, vaijayantī*, see motifs and symbols 125, 128 *iṣṭakā*, brick 17, 18, 59, 76, 290, 320-3 *iṣṭakāvardhaki* 290 *jagatī*, plinth 122 *jālī* work, 65-68, 74, 130, 200, 260 ; see *vedikā* pattern *Jarāsandha Kā Baiṭhaka* 76 *jharokhā, jālaka-vātāyana, śalākā-vātāyana* *jantāghara* 63 *jīvadeha sayikā* 176 *kakṣyā*, court 45, 62, 85, 303 *kamma*, work 186, 187, 285, 298 ; see *navakamma* *kaṇṇikā* 64 *kapiśīrshaka*, battlement or merlon *kavāṭa* 65 *kāya* (=royal office) 45 ; *kāyamāna, kāyastha*